Post by A.J. Argie in Music made for a game inpired by early Flash horror games (2004–2006)

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Hey Random,

I looped the track a few times and after giving it a listen I'd say that it has a very open ended feeling. The track is inherently happy sounding however if looped and added with some sinister visuals it would be very easy for it feel forced or fake happy. Like there is something ominous underneath. Which given your flash horror game description may fit perfectly.

I will say since the song does not have anything inherently dark in it like minor or dissonant melodies/chords. So if you're inherently trying to make it sound darker I would add something subtle and dark. Like making the bass more distorted or some background quiet high frequency ambience that occurs halfway through the loop.

Here is something I made a while ago that might help with ideas.

https://soundcloud.com/musicbyajargie/the-darkness-of-love/s-1R0dWebxC36?si=dabf...

Your song music wise has complexities and I like it, I would say check out uploading files to Soundcloud instead of Youtube since it's easier to loop and doesn't compress audio as heavily as Youtube.

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Randomguy#31265 days ago(+1)

Thanks for the feedback Argie!

Some of the issues you commented are intentional and you made my day with your comment by mentioning them. I was producing the song with the intention of something that you could heard in the flash games of that period , that's also reason of why it is that compressed the audio (make it seems that has been exported with an old software) and why it sounds something that a begginer will do (that's why I used the functional harmony of C major for example). However, also making something that can also be distortioned when the game reveals it's reality and that's why it uses a minor key for it.

Again, thanks for your time and your comment and good luck with your musician career!

PD: Sorry if I made mistakes while writing, I'm not native.

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A.J. Argie5 days ago

No problem Random,

The compression is subtle enough it might be worth lowering the bitrate even more when exporting. Seems like you were able to hit what you were aiming for perfectly and using functional harmony with that in game is going to sound awesome! I wish you best of luck with your game and any music you create. Please feel free to send it to me when you finish!

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